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Which famous Christmas story begins 'One dollar and eighty seven cents.'
Solutions to Closing the gap 23 Nov 2008

22 Dec 2008   Risky business
(Answers next week)

Position 1

The score (after 0 games) is: Red 0, Black 0 (match to 7 points)

Move number 4: Black to play 43

+-13-14-15-16-17-18-+---+-19-20-21-22-23-24-+
|2O ' ' '3X2O|   |2X2X1X2X ' '|
|                   |   |                   |
|                 | 1 |       4 3       |
|3X1O ' '4O '|   |4O ' '2O1X1X|
+-12-11-10--9--8--7-+---+--6--5--4--3--2--1-+

Pip counts: Red 142, Black 135

Annotation

Red's board is stronger and Black is looking to stay out of trouble if possible but what to do with this poor roll?

Position 2

The score (after 0 games) is: Red 0, Black 0 (match to 7 points)

Move number 8: Red to play 21

+-12-11-10--9--8--7-+---+--6--5--4--3--2--1-+
|2O1X ' '3X2X|   |5X1O1O ' ' '|
|                   |   |                   |
|       2 1       | 1 |                 |
|1X '2X2O2O2O|   |3O2O '1X ' '|
+-13-14-15-16-17-18-+---+-19-20-21-22-23-24-+

Pip counts: Red 144, Black 143

Annotation

Desperate to get out, Red needs to decide on a strategy that will give him maximum chances to defend his position.



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position1 hit on one pt not favoriye to hit bsck and if you get away with it you r in pretty good shape with stil goo sdtructure on outside

position 2 24 to 23 r and13 to11gives u chance to excape that 24 to 223 is imperativeand the othe safes a man and block a lot of good numbers


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